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There are lots of different routes from $A$ to $B$ in this
diagram:
The idea is to work out the product of the numbers on these
different routes from $A$ to $B$. Let's say that in a route you are
not allowed to visit a point more than once.
For example, we could have $3\times0.5$ but we couldn't have
$3\times2\times5\times4\times1\times 0.1$ because that route passes
through $A$ twice.
Which route or routes give the largest product?
Which route or routes give the smallest product?
Do you have any quick ways of working out the products each
time?
[This problem is adapted from
a SMILE Centre card.]